A national free speech watchdog is calling for a Montana State University-Northern professor to return to work after she was placed on a leave of absence following social media comments critical of Charlie Kirk.

The issue in Havre highlights the conservative firestorm over how people talked about the late right-wing influencer’s career. A movement immediately following Kirk’s death sought to expose those who spoke in ways they perceived to be negative of right-wing influencer, which was fanned by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance and got late night host Jimmy Kimmel suspended from his show .

Kirk, who was 31 at the time of his death, was a controversial right-wing influencer noted for his reach among young people and as a passionate defender of free speech.

High-profile right-wing infl

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